Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks for confirming my points - I don't know how much clearer I can make it.

Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
 

Wow, a flame war!

*seats in a reclinable chair and opens a popcorn bag*

Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
 

This is getting interesting...

Aloofi, do you mind passing the popcorn?

Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
 

Sure, here you go.
*Passes the Popcorn bowl to CEO Troll*

Hey hey, don't eat it all, you nasty pig. Give me back my popcorn!

*CEO Trolls runs away and locks himself in the bathroom with the popcorn bowl*

Open the door!!!
Give me back my popcorn or I'll bring down this damn door!!!

Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
 

edited by tesco...

links removed....

[ March 24, 2003, 20:46: Message edited by: tesco samoa ]

Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
 

I hear the US is complaining about Iraq's treatment of prisoners of war. How can they demand that Saddam respect the Geneva Convetnion when they won't even do it themselves?

Link-> http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0111-07.htm

Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
 

tesco,

In the interest of fair play, could you post some links to pictures of Iraqis dead from Sadams chemical weapons? Or pictures of Iraq prisoners dieing from anthrax testing? How about some of Sadams sons torture and rape victims?

Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do you know if they have an english site?

Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
 

gotta tell you, I'm tired of watching only war propaganda instead of news.
I dispise Al Jazeera for all the lies they say about Israel, but I guess I have no other place to see the pictures that have been Banned from the american media...... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Link to Photo of dead soldier.
http://www.aljazeera.net/mritems/ima...46017_1_17.jpg
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[ March 24, 2003, 17:15: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Impartial news is always hard to come by, especially in times like these. The only way to be utterly sure in situations like this is to actually go there yourself, and to be honest I think I'd rather not know than do that.

That said, I usually find the BBC to be pretty good. Their website isn't all that easy to search, but you can tune into their radio over the web if you're not in the UK to do it the old fashioned way, and they tend to show both sides of any given argument/ conflict. Most importantly, you know they're not in the pockets of some corporate or other because that's just not how they're funded. They do have links with certain political parties at the higher levels, but I honestly don't think that influence filters down very far into the news reporting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news

Edit: Thinking about it, there's nothing wrong with biaseed news coverage as long as (a) you can find some equally biased piece leaning in the opposite direction and (b) the reporter follows rules of good journalism and doesn't lie/ distort the facts becasue of their bias.

Also aloofi, I find it odd that such images are Banned in america. After all, you can go down the cinema any time and see ten times as many soldiers killed with a hundred times the gore. I often find Americans very hard to understand for this sort of contradiction.
That said, we're hardly any different these days here in the UK of A.

[ March 24, 2003, 16:57: Message edited by: dogscoff ]